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Top Birds at Great Kills Park--Mudflats in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 182 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Great Kills Park--Mudflats in August. The difference in probability relative to other nearby locations is also shown, to highlight which birds are particularly likely to be found (or not found) at this specific location. The chart shows how many distinct species have historically been observed at this location for each month of the year.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Double-crested Cormorant 40.0% 93.4% 53.4%
2   American Herring Gull 37.6% 91.8% 54.2%
3   Laughing Gull 32.1% 85.7% 53.6%
4   Osprey 30.5% 79.7% 49.1%
5   Semipalmated Plover 20.1% 78.0% 57.9%
6   Snowy Egret 20.9% 72.0% 51.1%
7   Common Tern 16.0% 69.8% 53.8%
8   American Oystercatcher 11.2% 69.8% 58.5%
9   Mallard 39.3% 68.7% 29.4%
10   Great Black-backed Gull 25.1% 67.6% 42.5%
11   Ring-billed Gull 30.7% 64.8% 34.1%
12   Little Blue Heron 3.6% 62.1% 58.5%
13   Least Sandpiper 20.9% 57.1% 36.2%
14   Semipalmated Sandpiper 22.7% 56.0% 33.4%
15   Great Egret 32.7% 54.4% 21.7%
16   Northern Mockingbird 34.8% 51.6% 16.8%
17   Barn Swallow 37.7% 50.0% 12.3%
18   Gray Catbird 54.3% 48.9% 5.4%
19   Mourning Dove 53.5% 48.9% 4.6%
20   Spotted Sandpiper 15.5% 47.8% 32.4%
21   European Starling 49.3% 46.7% 2.6%
22   Song Sparrow 33.8% 37.9% 4.1%
23   American Goldfinch 36.8% 34.6% 2.2%
24   Tree Swallow 13.4% 29.1% 15.8%
25   Canada Goose 39.9% 28.6% 11.3%
26   Fish Crow 8.5% 28.6% 20.1%
27   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8.7% 26.9% 18.2%
28   Rock Pigeon 35.9% 26.4% 9.6%
29   Northern Cardinal 48.1% 25.8% 22.3%
30   Forster's Tern 13.1% 25.3% 12.1%
31   American Robin 56.3% 24.2% 32.1%
32   Black-bellied Plover 6.4% 23.6% 17.2%
33   Killdeer 13.4% 23.1% 9.7%
34   Great Blue Heron 30.3% 21.4% 8.9%
35   Bank Swallow 2.8% 20.3% 17.5%
36   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.0% 19.8% 15.7%
37   Red-winged Blackbird 26.7% 18.1% 8.6%
38   Black Skimmer 5.7% 15.4% 9.7%
39   Ruddy Turnstone 5.1% 14.3% 9.2%
40   American Black Duck 9.4% 13.7% 4.3%
41   Eastern Towhee 6.3% 13.7% 7.4%
42   Sanderling 5.2% 13.7% 8.6%
43   Royal Tern 2.5% 13.2% 10.7%
44   Carolina Wren 25.9% 12.1% 13.8%
45   House Sparrow 49.2% 11.0% 38.2%
46   Least Tern 4.9% 10.4% 5.5%
47   Yellow Warbler 19.4% 9.3% 10.0%
48   Cedar Waxwing 15.5% 9.3% 6.2%
49   House Finch 14.5% 9.3% 5.1%
50   Willet 3.3% 8.8% 5.5%
51   Downy Woodpecker 25.2% 7.7% 17.5%
52   Common Yellowthroat 15.1% 7.7% 7.4%
53   Black-crowned Night-Heron 13.2% 7.1% 6.1%
54   Gull-billed Tern 1.2% 7.1% 5.9%
55   Caspian Tern 2.3% 6.0% 3.8%
56   Saltmarsh Sparrow 1.7% 6.0% 4.3%
57   Field Sparrow 1.6% 6.0% 4.5%
58   House Wren 10.6% 5.5% 5.1%
59   Short-billed Dowitcher 9.6% 5.5% 4.1%
60   Brown Pelican 0.1% 5.5% 5.4%
61   American Crow 13.7% 4.9% 8.8%
62   Belted Kingfisher 7.9% 4.9% 2.9%
63   Turkey Vulture 5.2% 4.9% 0.3%
64   Peregrine Falcon 7.0% 4.4% 2.6%
65   Black Scoter 0.3% 4.4% 4.1%
66   Common Grackle 28.1% 3.8% 24.3%
67   Northern Flicker 26.2% 3.8% 22.3%
68   Chimney Swift 23.8% 3.8% 20.0%
69   Eastern Kingbird 15.7% 3.8% 11.8%
70   Greater Yellowlegs 14.7% 3.3% 11.4%
71   Marsh Wren 5.1% 3.3% 1.8%
72   Bald Eagle 2.8% 3.3% 0.5%
73   Brown-headed Cowbird 5.5% 2.7% 2.7%
74   Willow Flycatcher 4.3% 2.7% 1.6%
75   Surf Scoter 0.1% 2.7% 2.7%
76   Northern Waterthrush 15.4% 2.2% 13.2%
77   Bobolink 2.0% 2.2% 0.2%
78   Whimbrel 0.5% 2.2% 1.7%
79   Greater Scaup 0.3% 2.2% 1.9%
80   American Redstart 22.5% 1.6% 20.9%
81   Lesser Yellowlegs 12.8% 1.6% 11.1%
82   Warbling Vireo 9.7% 1.6% 8.1%
83   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.2% 1.6% 4.5%
84   Glossy Ibis 6.0% 1.6% 4.4%
85   Solitary Sandpiper 4.0% 1.6% 2.3%
86   White-rumped Sandpiper 3.8% 1.6% 2.1%
87   Piping Plover 2.0% 1.6% 0.3%
88   White-eyed Vireo 1.9% 1.6% 0.3%
89   Brant 0.8% 1.6% 0.9%
90   Red-tailed Hawk 11.7% 1.1% 10.6%
91   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8.9% 1.1% 7.8%
92   Purple Martin 3.1% 1.1% 2.0%
93   Black Vulture 1.4% 1.1% 0.3%
94   Seaside Sparrow 0.9% 1.1% 0.2%
95   Ring-necked Pheasant 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
96   American Golden-Plover 0.1% 1.1% 1.0%
97   Western Reef-Heron 0.0% 1.1% 1.1%
98   Blue Jay 36.1% 0.5% 35.6%
99   Baltimore Oriole 14.8% 0.5% 14.3%
100   Green Heron 11.0% 0.5% 10.4%
101   Wood Duck 9.2% 0.5% 8.7%
102   Clapper Rail 4.0% 0.5% 3.4%
103   American Kestrel 3.8% 0.5% 3.3%
104   Gadwall 3.6% 0.5% 3.1%
105   Common Raven 3.4% 0.5% 2.9%
106   Indigo Bunting 3.1% 0.5% 2.5%
107   Brown Thrasher 2.6% 0.5% 2.1%
108   Cooper's Hawk 2.5% 0.5% 2.0%
109   Common Nighthawk 1.2% 0.5% 0.7%
110   Red Knot 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
111   Hudsonian Godwit 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
112   Merlin 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
113   Broad-winged Hawk 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%
114   White Ibis 0.4% 0.5% 0.1%
115   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.3% 0.5% 0.3%
116   Dunlin 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%